GERRY SURHA
BORN - ATHERTON FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
TRIBE - JIDDABAL/MANDUBARRA/YIDINJI
TRIBAL NAME - ILJIDDIMOR
As a traditional owner from the rainforests of FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND,
I have been painting for 33 years as an aboriginal artist. I love to paint the Dreamtime stories of the rainforests because they are so colorful and the stories are so many. As I pass on these stories to the next Generations I hope they too will get as much satisfaction out of these stories and paintings as I do. Progress has been a curse on my traditional country where I grew up and it has devastated large tracts...more
